The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1887-11-30

the good Lord i'm his infinite =
wisdom only knows. The people Of {
have cause TO appreciate :
irsy's Elegy. When "the lowing ,
nerd winds slowly DER the lea, !" about
lightfall, Lhe world is left solely TO
hem and darkness, for except the oc-
casiOnal boulder and the grass, there is
else.
A prolonged, deep toned sort Of fog
horn sound came floating in on the
balmy morning air, and felt as i'm
agined EnOch Arden did wnen he be-
held the rescuing party, after his years
Of solitary stay on the island. Had a
blizzard been son." 1 could have APP
preciated the feelings of Lieutenant
Greeley in the Arctic regions.
The sound proceeded from passen-
ger train on the st. Paul, Minneapolis
q Manitoba Railway and by the time
the train reached the village, was up |
and ready to go. What was 1 doing |
there? Why, stopped the evening
before, Tsther than travel all
night through one ofth finest cOun-
tries in the world which wished to
see by day. Travel on Sunday? Yes,
rather than sit about the village know
ing no one and swearing because had
to wait for Monday. There was Scott,
one Of the finest conductors in the
world, and he said lac was ready and
willing TO carry me right through to
the British pOssessiOns-Over into Can
ada, the resort, summer and winter,
for certain gentlemen from the United
States, and that particular division
called Manitoba, where the Blizzard
is born and grows to marvellous perfec-
| ton.
So away We went, like FOntain
Fox BObbitt's minnOws, "whOoping
and yelling, "dOwn the great Red River
valley, through wheat fields of vast
area, without intervening fences TO
/ mark where one leaves off or the other
begins. No trees, briars, weeds or
raviues-One great wheat field more
than hundred miles long and twenty
five miles broad, to say nothing of the
counterpart of the valley on the other
side OF the river in Dakota. But
have heretofore told you about the
famous "Red River of the Mort >" and
its wOrld-cOmpetiug wheat.
At o'clock we reached ST. Vincent,
and the Government inspectors from
Her Msjesty's Realm came aboard to
examine our baggage. What lot OF
fun they have-Or rather others
have at their expense. They have M
trouble with mems trunks, but with
the wOmen's they are "everlastingly
done up" to use the expression of an
aged inspector. "Why, said he, pve
been at this business quarter of a
century, and I've never yet Unpacked a
wOman's trunk and gotten all the
things back into it. / always find my
self like the boy who took the clock to
pieces, and, when he put it together
had wheels enough left for another
clock"
By 4 We had reached Emerson, and
the train stopped for dinner. But
, decided to 60 down town, get dinner
and stay a day or two. brought UI
al the AuglO- American Hotel, bu
] they told me dinner was over, anC
r "pd have to make other arrangements
1 betOOk myself to a restaurant. saiC
} to the Misunderstanding French lady
that 1 would be glad to have a good
{ dinner. 'Im so sorry to tell you,
: she responded, "that this is the holy
Sabbath, and we cannot sell any thing
, on that day" Eyes, but Pm hungry, ,
l truthfully remarked. 81 had no
| time to get much breakfast this morn
ing, and have had 10 dinner" al
makes us no difference" she sympa
thetically said; 'the law won't allow
it and, then, you know, any way, it il
not right to break the holy Sabbath.
told her did not want to break tn,
Sabbath but my fast, and moved ;
: square further along the street t.
/ another place. "What are those pear
WORTH" I asked of a German. "Icl
a nein zell dem bear on der Sunday
d mine herr" "But Pm hungry as ge
e whilikius," l said. "Ich gaben Iii
d Elm, aber no zell im." Il don't wan
V you to give me one" said and left
n "This is a ID of a town." thought
h as 1 meandered dOwn to the river, an,
as 1 leaned over the bridge wished
q blizzard as big as Texas would strik
q the town and roll it over into th
O United States, for then 1 could ge
) something to eat. saw half a dOZeI
4 United States soldiers coming up In
: Pembina road in full uniform, and
: knew they were from th
! frontier fort at that point. VIVA
youthful opinion had during the wa
y was on the Southern side, aud 1 didn'
u like the looks of the Yankee uniform
u but, as I have long since learned, i
Il looks decidedly well in a foreign coun
e try.
II "HeIlO, Lieutenant, are you from
{ Fort Pembina? 1 asked. YES" b
u replied. "KnOw this town ?' eyes.
a "Well, 1 want something TO cal
: where'Il 1 get it?" "The best chanc
b is to 90 out to the depot. You wi
a find Mrs. Smith, wife of the p. ,prieto
It Of the Russell House. She goes on
h there every day to superintend th
r train dinner" 1 thanked him. ant
o then he told me that they were looking
q for a deserter from the fort 1 asker
e what they'd do with him, if the.
q found him. "Do nothing" he said
p "only beg him to return" We can
4 arrest him and take him by force.
We were to do that you'd hear Tia
q English lion roar from Emerson 10 tn
; war Office in London, and Uncle San
= would have Il. surrender the man am
: apologize or Fight" 4 saw them plead
ing with the deserter, next day, to re
turn, offering to cansel the charg
of desertiOn, but he hadn't cODsente
y when 1 left. If lie ever steps owe
i on Uncle Sans domain, "I'll he
IS O'Clock with him."
1 found Mrs. Smith, and althOug
y the train had gone and the prescribe